The studio, headed by benjamin ball and gaston nogues, intersects the disciplines of architecture, art and industrial design. Outside the santa monica place mall, ball nogues cradle suspends hundreds of mirrorpolished stainless steel orbs over pedestrians. How ballnogues studio crafted this sculptural steel pavilion for cedarssinai medical. Commission for central washington university ball nogues was awarded a project through washington state arts commission to create a piece for a new science building at centrral washington university in. Well, ball nogues studio has taken the term to new heights literally. The project was the backdrop the unveiling of their zero1 prototype automobile at the international consumer electronics show ces in las vegas in january 2016. Sciarc, the southern california institute of architecture, turns 40 this month, celebrating april 19 and 20th. Cradle is an aggregation of mirror polished stainless steel sphere and the sculpture operates structurally like an enormous newtons cradle the ubiquitous toy found on the desktops of corporate executives. The installation is made of approximately 400 welded hollow steel balls, of 3 different sizes, suspended by steel cable from a cnc machine milled trapezoid of solid aluminum. The movie captures the installation s departure from a parking lot at.
Architects who mix the ephemeral and the permanent. A discussion with ballnogues by richard mccoy oct 25, 2010 the day after ball nogues studios installation, gravitys loom, opened at the indianapolis museum of art, i had the opportunity to talk with benjamin ball and gaston nogues about the project. These santa monica architects referenced a spectrogram to create an experiential 3d representation of soundspecifically a composition by ken ueno for the sciarc gallery. Led by benjamin ball and gaston nogues, the studios work falls between the categories of art, architecture and industrial design. An aggregation of mirror polished stainless steel spheres, the sculpture functions structurally like an enormous newtons cradle. On one hand the installation resembles a big banana hammock the type worn. Ballnogues has developed software for designing the suspensions. Their work has been exhibited at major institutions throughout the world. We talk to benjamin ball about euphony and the process of its construction. Software was useful for visualizing cradle and for designing the overall. Ball nogues studio, this years winner, drawn among 8 finalists, will design with students an installation that will create a sense of place while providing a respite from the sun and rain. Benjamin ball and gaston nogues each received their bachelors of architecture from the southern california institute of.
Ballnogues studio revives public space at cedars sinai. Santa monica cultural affairs ball nogues studio, cradle 2010. Artist christian moeller is installing a largescale video sculpture in the heart of the plaza, while ball nogues have designed a hanging piece that will grace the exterior along the street. The pavilion is a unique structure, in architecture terminology. To achieve these results, principals benjamin ball and gaston nogues. Faraday future, an innovative new car company in california, commissioned ballnogues studio to design the concept for a trade convention exhibit.
A script of this type that i developed was used in the cradle project by ball nogues studio. Blurring boundaries between art and architecture kcrw. The site is near the beach, and is heavily trafficked by tourists on foot and in automobiles. The complexity of this project emerges from the layering of design decisions taken in response to the different functions that the installation fulfils. Commissioned by the city of santa monica, cradle is situated on the exterior wall of a. Euphony, a dramatic installation of suspended stainlesssteel ball chains by ball nogues, has been created for nashvilles music city center. The second is part of macerishs revamping of santa monica place, which is being transformed from an interior shopping mall to an exterior one. The studio has completed the cradle project last summer, a sculpture made of mirror polished stainless steel spheres. Our friend katya tylevich covers ball nogues yucca crater installation in joshua tree national park, ca. Architects, artists create lights for mak center auction. Ball nogues studio designed the cradle sculpture in santa monica, california. Built in 1980, the parking garage for the santa monica place mall both designed by gehry was severely outdated.
Ballnogues rethinks the corner with a silvery halo in. Ballnogues bringing a whole lot of balls to santa monica curbed. Image via ball nogues benjamin ball has uploaded some photos of the great ball nogues ball installation going up on one of the new parking garages at santa monica place, which is opening this week. In an earlier post i had discussed a script for packing a single layer of spheres on a complex curved surface. The architectural league of new yorks emerging voices program is one of the.
The time lapse records the installation of the cradle by ball nogues studio. Labased collaborative design and fabrication studio ball nogues just finished their most recent. The tubes were bent using ball nogues specially calibrated rolling system, which is controlled by a computer. However, in the cradle project the script had been used only to generate possible simulations of the design for structural. Cradle is a sculpture installed on the exterior wall of a parking lot in santa monica, california by ballnogues studio, originally designed by frank gehry. Commissioned by the city of santa monica, cradle is situated on the exterior wall of a parking structure at a shopping mall originally designed by frank gehry. That next stage already includes a host of projects, including a public artwork on the facade of santa monica place which was designed by ball nogues former boss, gehry, a temporary structure. An aggregation of mirror polished stainless steel spheres, the sculpture functions structurally like an enormous newtons cradle the ubiquitous toy found on the desktops of corporate executives in hollywood films. The creators, benjamin ball and gaston nogues of ballnogues studio, naturally take top billing. Innovative architecture design architecture projects by. The movie captures the installation s departure from a parking lot at 4th street and i10, and its arrival and. Posts about ball nogues studio revives public space at cedars sinai hospital with their healing pavilion written by famadetconsulting. Stud wall takes cues from a pair of sources, our previous work entitled cradle in santa monica and leather biker jackets, which owners customize with assortments of studs, spikes and other ornaments.
Theres the pendulous group of steel balls called cradle thats suspended from. As the architects explain, flanked by hospital towers on three sides, the sensitive location demanded that no field welding or finishing could occur onsite. The tablecloth installation by ballnogues studio at the schoenberg hall courtyard in the ucla music department is a functional installation. The tablecloth installation by ball nogues studio at the schoenberg hall courtyard in the ucla music department is a functional installation. Labased design and fabrication studio ball nogues have realized the cradle installation, attached to the wall of a santa monica parking structure. Cradle, a gravitydefying sculptural work measuring 39 ft. These spiky jackets have served as emblems of cool masculinity and personal liberty since the 50s. Ballnogues studio is an integrated design and fabrication practice that creates experimental built environments to enhance and celebrate the potential for social interaction through sensation, spectacle, and physical engagement. It is part art, part architecture, part structure and part furniture. The practice is known for creating sitespecific architectural installations out of unorthodox materials such as stainless steel ballchain and spheres, paper.
Cradle, santa monica place, public artwork, santa monica, ca 2010. Benjamin ball and gaston nogues, principals of ball nogues studio explore the nexus of art, architecture, and industrial design. The installation process for the work was also a study in creative logistics. Each ball is suspended by a cable from a point on the wall and locked in position by a combination of gravity and neighboring balls. We asked partner benjamin ball a few questions about the piece. Curated by filmmaker, videographer and teacher ben caldwell, gateless gates where land and water meet is a new interactive installation from santa monica s 18th street art center that projects the work of several artists onto the floor of the colorado avenue entrance of santa monica. If you happen to be walking the streets of santa monica, you just may see cradle, a new art instillation that features an aggregate of mirrorpolished, stainless steel spheres functioning structurally as an enormous newtons cradle. Ball worked with the model team at frank gehry and associates, santa monica 1991, on the. Ball nogues studio biography ball nogues studio on artnet. Image via ballnogues studio last week the santa monica city council. A new installation by ballnogues studio is made possible by endowment support from the ron burkle endowment for architecture and design programs. An aggregation of mirror polished stainless steel spheres, the sculpture functions structurally like an enormous newtons cradle the. The practice is known for creating sitespecific architectural installations out of.
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